idle musings

My metaphor here is that huge societal problems are very much like icebergs. They are huge; massive, with tremendous momentum and inertia. Walk up to an iceberg (standing on anything you can) and push on it, as hard as you can. You will not see ANY response from the iceberg; it’s just too massive for [...]

Composition Challenge: One (Thousandth) Word 1) Finish this sentence with precisely one word: “I am __________.” The word cannot be a name. 2) Illustrate that single word with a photo you took before you ever read this entry. If the word accurately describes your life, you shouldn’t have a problem finding a photo of it [...]

Tomorrow, you can join the movement. Earth Hour 2008. Turn out your lights from 8-9pm.

The end of another 12 hour day. I’m exhausted. However, Friends and Family was insanely busy for the entire 4 hours today, and it’s looking good for us being a busy location! Woo! The store looks amazing and all my people were incredible. I just wandered around and talked to people and did some schmoozing, [...]

At work, I am always extremely organized. I’m always a clean freak. I’m always the recycling nazi. I am always in control, and always able to deal with high stress situations. Today was the exception that proves the rule. I was at work for 12 hours, unpacking boxes and putting everything (and I mean everything) [...]

I somehow got sucked in to watching the finale of Survivor: All-Stars, the one with Boston Rob and Amber. I know – it’s like a car crash, and it’s one that I’ve already seen! But I forgot how much I loved Rupert… Rupert rocked.

Does putting a few frozen fish fillets and some pre-seasoned potatoes in the oven count as cooking?

Today I: stocked up on cat food vacuumed the whole house, including furniture, and emptied the vacuum cleaned the bathroom (including scrubbing all the grout in the shower) did all my laundry did all my dishes paid my bills I write it and then it doesn’t sound like much. But since I have been living [...]

I think that we have figured out the problem with Andy not eating. I was hanging out with Rachel yesterday and we were talking about our cats (honestly, we probably sounded like two mums talking about our babies!) and she suggested that Andy might have gingivitis and be unable to eat his raw food because [...]

I have been sucking at getting this done, a little bit. Understandably, because there have been other things that have demanded my attention. But there are also things that I want to take a picture of, but I’m driving and I can’t be bothered to stop the car and go do it. Example – there [...]